Improvement in gas-shade holders



W. P. DODSON & W. s. MACQUE'EN.

GAS SHADE HOLDER.

13o,119 Patented July 25,1876;

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WILSON P. DODSON AND WILLIAM S. MAGQUEEN, OF PHILADELPHIA, PA.

lM PROVEMENT IN GAS-SHADE HOLDERS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 180,119, dated July 25, 1876; application filed DecemberB, 1875.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, WILSON P. DODSON and WILLIAM S. MACQUEEN, of the city and county of Philadelphia, and State of Pennsylvania, have inventeda certain Improve ment in Gas-Shade Holders, of which the foland is so arranged that themore strain the tighter it will hold; also, it can be folded up in a small compass, making it very convenient for shipping, and by moving the arms either backward or forward it will tighten or loosen on the shade, as may be desired; This holder can also be used for lamp-shades.

All dealers in, and persons using, gas-shade holders, have long felt the want of an improved holder. Those now in use are so constructed that they will not hug tight on but one sized burner, and, being provided with but three arms, they are liable to tip, and they are all more or less frail. Being put together with solder, as soon as the socket gets bet they will go to pieces. Ours, being wound in such a manner that the parts are all firmly locked together, and using no solder, with any ordinary care will last for any length of time.

Figure l is a plan view of our improvement in gas shade holders. Fig.2 is a plan of the same, showing the locked part projecting.

We claim as our invention The combination of the socket D, provided with arms B, B, B and B said arms being provided with books or notches O, 0 O and O at their outer ends, substantially in the manner and for thepurpose herein shown and described. 1

WILSON P. DODSON. WM. S. MAOQUEEN.

Witnesses:

N. I). ROBERTS, CHARLES LEWIS. 

